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<blockquote data-quote="nikki watts" data-source="post: 1641" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>A sad day for finish off a pretty average season. </p><p>Last week I found our first ever afb hive, that’s the first recorded case on the barrier for over 20 years. The one thing I have always been worried about is being ‘that beek’ the one that wrecked our afb free (informal) status. 😢</p><p></p><p>I found an infected cell when doing the harvest inspection. </p><p>I didn’t look any further that day, just culled the bees that night and wrapped the hive up. Once I had the hive back at the shed I had a look at more brood frames and there were a lot of infected cells spread around most of the brood frames. </p><p></p><p>The pest management agency are now coming out this weekend to run a DECA course and inspect as many hives as poss. They are testing a sample to see if they can match the dna to an area or if we have our own special strain. </p><p></p><p>Today I’ve been sent an afb warning for another part of the island. From what I was told I believe this may have been a past case that wasn’t reported.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikki watts, post: 1641, member: 53"] A sad day for finish off a pretty average season. Last week I found our first ever afb hive, that’s the first recorded case on the barrier for over 20 years. The one thing I have always been worried about is being ‘that beek’ the one that wrecked our afb free (informal) status. 😢 I found an infected cell when doing the harvest inspection. I didn’t look any further that day, just culled the bees that night and wrapped the hive up. Once I had the hive back at the shed I had a look at more brood frames and there were a lot of infected cells spread around most of the brood frames. The pest management agency are now coming out this weekend to run a DECA course and inspect as many hives as poss. They are testing a sample to see if they can match the dna to an area or if we have our own special strain. Today I’ve been sent an afb warning for another part of the island. From what I was told I believe this may have been a past case that wasn’t reported. [/QUOTE]
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